Driving past the Koh Pich Convention Center the other day, the entrance was completely jammed with motos. Inside, they were holding the annual National Job Fair—the one everyone calls the "Job Park." Up on stage sat ministers and deputy prime ministers, while down below, crowds of young people were hunting for their future. The air smelled of paper resumes and the heavy heat baking in from outside.
According to the Ministry of Labour, over the past three years, nearly 50,000 new factories, companies, and businesses have popped up across the country, with registered workers topping the two-million mark. As for social security cards that cover medical care, nearly four million have been handed out. If you listen to people chatting over tea about how they're making a living, you can't help but notice all the new factories and worker dorms sprouting up everywhere.
To make sure young people can find steady work, officials have put on countless mini-job fairs and mobile expos over the past few years, even bringing vocational training right to underprivileged families. At the center this week, around a hundred major companies set up booths offering tens of thousands of openings—designed so job-seekers can walk right up, interview on the spot, and talk terms immediately.
